Load Test Modeling: How to Simulate User Logon and Execute Tests in a Test Mix

The following sample shows how to model the common scenario where a user logs on once to a Web site and performs a number of tests.

In the sample, the logon action is definded by a set of login requests. Each Web test contains the same set of login requests plus its own non-login requests.

A “new user” as defined by “Percentage of New Users” under the Load test scenario property always executes Login once and one iteration of a Web test (the non-login section) from the Test Mix. A “return user” always executes Logon once and a random number of Web tests (the non-login sections) from the Test Mix.